Lorraine Pan

Gender Equity and Taiwan’s Independence: A Decolonial Perspective on Community Interests and Conflicts

Can gender equity issues like women's and LGBTQ rights be discussed along with Taiwan independence? Is there one more important and urgent topic among all the issues concerning different marginalized people? When issues such as feminism and LGBTQ rights are discussed together with social news, there is often criticism that talking about marginalized people is a way to distract people and divert public resources from the issue of Taiwan independence. However, from a decolonial perspective, gender equity and Taiwan independence move in the same direction and support each other...

Appeasement in the Name of Anti-War is Rising, How Can We Build Solidarity Based on Resistance?

Writer Lung Ying-Tai has emphasized that for Taiwan, "there can be no democracy without first ensuring peace." In recent years, Lung has consistently identified herself as "anti-war," advocating for Taiwan to avoid conflict and seek peace. Similarly, in 2023, four scholars in Taiwan started an advocacy for a "Ukraine-Russia armistice agreement"(烏俄停戰談判), "opposing a US-China war"(反對美中戰爭), and "maintaining an equally friendly diplomatic relationship with great powers"(與大國維持友好等距外交)—all under the banner of an anti-war stance...

以反戰為名的姑息主義瀰漫,我們如何建立以反抗為基礎的團結?

作家龍應台近日稱,「台灣不確保和平,就不會有民主」。多年來,龍應台以「反戰」自居,要求台灣避戰求和。如2023年四位學者發出「烏俄停戰談判、反對美中戰爭、主張台灣與大國維持友好等距外交」的呼籲,亦是以「反戰立場」為名。...

性別平等與台灣獨立:以解殖視角看待族群利益與衝突

女性與性少數權利等性別議題和台灣獨立可以被一同討論嗎?涉及弱勢族群的議題有先後之分嗎?每當女性主義和性少數權利等議題與對社會新聞的討論一同被搬上檯面時,網路上不乏聲音指摘,在台灣獨立面前,談及弱勢族群的議題是分散注意力和佔用資源。然而,從解殖視角看待弱勢族群,性別平等與台灣獨立是相輔相成、同道而行的。...
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Lorraine Pan

性別研究學生,反戰女性主義者,和寫作者。

Student majoring in Gender Studies, anti-war feminist, and author.